Dave's repertoire includes
songs and instrumental music
ranging from
traditional to vintage
covers and
originals. Performances
are often a varied mix of
material but he is equally
capable of presenting whole
performances in one genre.

With twenty five years of
performing experience Dave
has performed across the UK
and beyond from street
entertaining, and the smallest
gigs to major
festivals i.e. Glastonbury
Festival, Camp Bestival,
Bestival, Boomtown Fair and
The Secret Garden Party.

He has also appeared at many
specialist roots music
festivals Gainsborough
Old-time Music & Dance
Festival, The Cornish
Bluegrass Festival, Didmarton
Bluegrass Festival, Ealing
Blues Festival, Upton Blues
Festival, Maverick Festival and The Rhythm
Riot rock n roll festival
are just some examples.

Dave has been invited to
perform at both The Boogaloo
Blues Festival on the Isle
of Wight and The Great
Dorset Steam Fair for the
last ten years.

In
recent years Dave has performed
concerts in art centres and theatres sometimes alongside
touring musicians from the
USA including the legendary Whitetop Mountain Band from
Virginia, W.C. Handy award
winner Guy Davis, and
International Bluegrass
Achievement award winner
Alice Gerrard, as well as
many others.

Stompin' Dave has been
booked as a
headline performer at
festivals. These have
included The Cornwall Folk
Festival, National Banjo Day, Two For Joy
May Bank Holiday Folk
Festival, and The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival.

Dave has made several visits
to the USA including
competing in the US national
bluegrass banjo, and
international flatpicking
guitar contests.

Dave was
winner of the FOAOTMAD
old-time banjo competition
2011 and 2013. Runner up in
the FOAOTMAD old-time
dancing competition 2012. Stompin' Dave was
nominated for a British
Blues Award in the acoustic
act category 2014.

Dave has worked exclusively
as a self employed musician since leaving
university with a first
class BA honours degree in
Music in 2000 and
joining Bournemouth
based band The Producers, UK
Blues Band of the Year award
winners 1998-2001.

Although Dave mainly
performs solo he
does from time to time
perform as a duo with a
variety of friends and with
various acts and bands
including his own bands Stompin'
Dave & His Bluegrass Band,
Stompin' Dave's Blues3, etc.